Listen, it's real simple. The Order of the Mini is a clan with a few
basic things that tie it together.
In the old days, before the War, the clan was founded by six friends
who liked having fun, causing trouble, and helping each other out generously.
And oh yes... I seem to recall that we all wore mini skirts. As time
went by, new mini-wearing friends would come along, and join in on the
fun too.
But being a Mini is all about the attitude— wearing a mini doesn't
make you a Mini™!
Though the clan is human females only (with a couple odd exceptions),
we have never been exclusive in our activities. Nor do we necessarily
strive to be the most powerful or most elite. We're a fun-loving clan
at heart, but you better not underestimate us! There have been many
powerful Minis over the years, and we don't like our clan being marginalized.
- The Order of the Mini was founded sometime around the year 532.
(Back then we weren't really paying much attention to details.)
- The original members were:
- Santeria
- Soulsword
- Sparrow
- Elise
- Solome
- Maquiladora
- The original Mini uniform was a purple blouse and blue skirt for
fighters, white blouse for healers. Back then only women could wear
purple, so it meant something! Nowadays the clan has become much more
fashionable.
- At our peak in popularity, the Minis had about twenty eight members!
That's a lotta skirts!
- Contrary to popular belief, Sassy was never a member of
the OOTM.
- Crow was once made a Mini as a half-joke... which led to some intra-clan
drama (booo!).
- One of the founding members of the post-War Minis was Rent-a-Hippie:
a thoom. (We were in dire straits! No, really it was a nice favor.)
- Three founding members are active today: Sparrow, Elise,
and, most recently, Maq.
Okay! Uh, do we know you? That's step one for entering into the Order
of the Mini. This clan is tied together by friendship and sisterhood,
so the joining process is not formal or structured. If it fits, it fits.
The Minis have a long and sordid illustrious history that spans
over a good portion of the history of Puddleby. It is one of the clans
carried over the from the Old Age.
The old history of the Minis can partly be addressed in the following
historical documents, which were buried away in Maq's closet.
How I met the Minis
by Maquiladora
The Fall of the Minis
by Sparrow
Also, be sure to check out Zyzyz's
Mini scrolls as well as the original
Order of the Mini scrolls (pre-War). |